Jul 03 2020 10:51 PM - edited Nov 16 2020 09:04 AM
OneDrive is no longer searching file contents. I used to get search results from file contents before but all of a sudden it's showing results only if it matches the filename. What could be the issue? Pls help
Update: Microsoft has finally fixed this issue. I'm getting my search results as expected. Others, pls share your experience.
Jul 03 2020 11:10 PM
@csnarain How are you running the search? Via the web client? On a mobile device? Or are you relying on desktop sync (Windows or Mac)?
Have you tried any of the standard trouble shooting steps?
Jul 14 2020 08:14 AM
Jul 14 2020 02:47 PM
Can you tell us a little more about your set-up. I'm guessing that you're using OneDrive for Business with the Modern interface?
Jul 15 2020 12:25 AM
@Steven AndrewsI'm accessing the regular web client for OneDrive from a web browser while searching for content.
Aug 08 2020 11:47 AM
Aug 08 2020 10:06 PM
@Jean-Sebastien DecarieI'm glad that there is at least one more person experiencing this issue as mine. Though Microsoft acknowledged this as a bug, there has been no ETA yet on the fix.
Aug 12 2020 10:27 PM
Aug 13 2020 06:21 AM
@hn_GBThanks for notifying me on this issue. Yes, it's indeed frustrating. Also as Microsoft points out, searching from one's computer (desktop/laptop) is not a workaround. I have TB's of data in my OneDrive and I don't maintain any indexes in my computer. I always rely on Onedrive's Mobile/Web interfaces and it's indexing service for my search queries.
Aug 26 2020 11:34 AM
Is there any progress in this error? I'm having the same problem on onedrive web and one drive app on ios.
Is there realy so many months no good search on Onedrive??
Aug 31 2020 01:44 AM
@WenDanMicrosoft doesn't seem to show any interest in fixing this bug. They don't even have an ETA for the same. Do they really understand that we're paying for this service?
It's been like this for months. None of my content searches are working on mobile/web interface.
Sep 30 2020 12:00 PM
I'm experiencing this same problem from both my personal data via onedrive.live.com using Chrome and from by Android phone's OneDrive app. Search ONLY finds files with that have the search text in their names. I hunted for something in the Android and online OneDrive configuration settings and came up empty. I have a LOT of files and no good way to find what I'm looking for.
Oct 01 2020 09:20 AM
Oct 04 2020 05:58 AM
I don't believe Microsoft is listening. This bug eeds to be urgently fixed!
Oct 04 2020 06:08 AM
@antenor69- I totally agree with you. I'm literally fed up with Microsoft on this. They've been sitting on this bug for months. I badly want to escalate it but not sure how and where to.
Oct 05 2020 01:33 AM
Unfortunately, same problem - thinking to move some core data to other providers @Ihanescreennamesmore
Oct 05 2020 02:01 AM - edited Oct 05 2020 02:06 AM
@csnarain I am facing the same issue. Someone said to use Content in the front of the word. However, that gave me results of filenames and none of them had the word Content or the word I was searching for. MS needs to make this easier for users
There is also this option.
Oct 14 2020 12:55 AM
@csnarain Same here. It used to be good, but now it is literally non existent here.
Oct 26 2020 03:21 AM
I'm having the same problem. I cannot search inside PDFs files. I'm using OneDrive Web. Google Drive is able to do so. This is a real pain point, as I was considering subscribing to Office 365 but I'll wait until this problem is resolved. I have a lot of files, content search is essential.